MANILA, Philippines — The possible data leak that hit the government-run Freedom of Information (FOI) website raises serious doubts about the National Identification System law that would roll out this September, Makabayan senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares warned on Monday. Lawyer Tristan De Guzman of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy and Legislative Affairs said Malacañang was probing the possible data breach from the FOI website after users said the data on IDs of those requesting information from the system was being released online. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: Palace, privacy commission probe possible FOI website data leakThis came barely six months before the start of the registration for and the release of identification cards under the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) in September. “The Data Privacy Act is not defense enough to protect users as evidenced by the numerous data breaches like the Comelec, Grab and now FOI data breaches,” the lawyer added. Read NextLATEST STORIESMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 25, 2019 04:07 UTC